Assessment of antidiabetic potential of Cynodon dactylon extract in streptozotocin diabetic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-179

  Singh, Santosh Kumar ^a   Kesari, Achyut Narayan ^a   Gupta, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Jaiswal, Dolly ^a   Watal, Geeta ^a  

^a Medicinal Research Lab   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Cynodon dactylon; Hypolipidemic; Poaceae; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CYNODON DACTYLON EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; TOLBUTAMIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BERMUDA GRASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNODON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HEART PROTECTION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CYNODON; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOSURIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGLYCERIDES;

CYNODON DACTYLON; POACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 35048901917     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.07.039     Document Type: Article

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